discordant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not in agreement or harmony
    • views discordant with present-day ideas
  2. adjective satellite lacking in harmony
    disharmonious; dissonant; inharmonic.

WordNet

Dis*cord"ant adjective
Etymology
OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.
Definitions
  1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.
    The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.
  2. See Discord, n.,
  3. (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.
    For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow.
  4. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault. Syn. -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable. -- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. R.

Webster 1913